Volda Handball ''(also known as Volda Handballklubb)'' is a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club from

Volda Municipality Volda is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre is the Volda (village), village of Volda. Other v ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

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. The women's team currently compete in

Eliteserien Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

, the top division since its promotion in 2022. Volda is the first ever team from

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to qualify for the top division.

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022-23 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 30 Aud Ingrid Silseth * 12 Ingrun Ranes * 24 Hanta Satu Hamel ;Wingers ;LW * 4 Kine Kvalsund ( c) * 11 Ingvild Græsdal * 23 Dana Björg Guðmundsdóttir ;RW * 2 Auria Ann Rinono Ose * 10 Sara Hoel Røyr * 18 Rakel Sara Elvarsdottir ;Line players * 3 Katrin Tinna Jensdottir * 6 Fride Heggdal Stølen * 13 Helga Pedersen Lersveen * 30 Nora Vold Hovde ;Back players * 7 Ingvild Jamtli Rye * 9 Hanna Ræstad * 17 Margit Andrea Lidal * 18 Hannele Ebba Nilsson * 22 Emilia Giske

2023-24 transfers

;Joining * Aud Ingrid Silseth (GK) (from

BSV Sachsen Zwickau Ballsportverein Sachsen Zwickau e. V. is a German women's handball team from Zwickau, Saxony. It plays in the Bundesliga. It was founded as a continuation of the DDR club ''BSG Aktivist Karl Marx Zwickau'' after the fall of the Berlin Wall ...

) * Rikke Slumstrup Jensen (LB) (from

Ringkøbing Håndbold Ringkøbing Håndbold (Ringkøbing Handball) is a Danish handball club from Ringkøbing. In the season 2023/24 the club played in the Danish Women's Handball League. When they played in the Danish 1st division, they reached the promotion play ...

) * Hannele Nilsson (CB) (from

) * Anne Victoria Berven (P) (from Ålgård IL) ;Leaving * Kine Kvalsund (LW) (to

Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a professional women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. The club has won 36 titles total in both the Eliteserien (women's handball), Norwegian League and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup, Norwegian Cup, and won the ...

) * Marte Nornes (CB) * Hanna Ræstad (RB) (to

Sola HK Sola HK (short: Sola Håndball) is a handball club from Sola, Rogaland, Norway. The women's team currently competes in REMA 1000-ligaen. Results Norway * REMA 1000-ligaen **''Silver:'' 2024/25 **''Bronze:'' 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 *No ...

) * Fride Heggdal Stølen (P) (to

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) * Iulia Andriichuk (LB) * Jelena Terzic (RB)

Technical staff

* Head coach: Reidar Møistad * Assistant coach: Thomas Ravn Reeh

Notable former National Team players

* Aleksandra Zimny

Notable former club players

* Ingeborg Furunes * Lone Vik * Fride Heggdal Stølen * Kine Kvalsund

References

External links

Official website

Official Topphåndball website
{{GRUNDIGligaen Handball clubs in Norway Handball clubs established in 2005 Sport in Møre og Romsdal 2005 establishments in Norway Volda